Cathy Tibbetts

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[Transmission fades in] meters. We had to put a woman in a Gamov bag this morning who's suffering from acute mountain sickness. Her name was Dorothy. I don't have a last name available, she was escorted down the mountain. Another man from Wales, Steve Barnard, who had been feeling great up until last night, again now has acute mountain sickness. No Gamov bag, he's on his way down. Steve Harwood broke three ribs from all the coughing, but he's sticking with us, and Sean Brown who tore his ligaments in Namche has made it up this far. We woke up to a little bit of snow this morning at [unintelligible]. We have one more night in Lobuche and tomorrow we go up to Gorak Shep for one night before the race. Bye.

— Cathy Tibbetts, Mountain Zone Correspondent

MARATHON DISPATCHES